Stages of the 2014 Tour de France

Stage 13: Saint-Etienne to Chamrousse, July 18, 200km

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The Alps don’t play a major role as they did in 2013. There are two stages in these mountains in 2014, but both are summit finishes. Stage 13’s climb to Chamrousse, outside Grenoble, will be new to almost every rider in the field. The only previous ascent in Tour history was in 2001, as an individual time trial. In 2014 it comes at the end of a 200km stage. At 18km long, it’s the first traditional summit climb of the Tour, and will see heavy action early from the climbers on the steepest part. The winning move, however, will likely come in the last few kilometers. If defending champion Chris Froome is vulnerable, this might be where we see the first sign he’s cracking.